New Tiger Moth Genus Discovered

• 25 Jun 2026

In June 2026, researchers discovered a new genus and species of tiger moth, named Antaram idukki, from the Idukki district of Kerala in the southern Western Ghats.

• The discovery was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society.
• The newly discovered species belongs to the tiger moth subfamily Arctiinae under the family Erebidae.
• The new genus, Antaram (a Sanskrit word meaning “difference”), represents a previously unknown evolutionary lineage and is currently known only from Idukki.
• The genus is distinguished from related tiger moth genera by a unique combination of external and genital morphological characteristics.